Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are enticing purchasers with their silhouettes, plush cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel forms of aviation fuel deemed less damaging to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less [attractive meat](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and [devoted](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to [halving carbon](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions might make [organization jets](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) more attractive to [environmentally mindful](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) buyers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less polluting personal jets could likewise spare the rich and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a current private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our product is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 airplane on display screen are [expected](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [renewable fuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [mixes anticipated](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets account for less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions worldwide, but can release, on average, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has defended his occasional use of personal jets to ensure his family's security, and has said that on the rare occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have actually included [fresh challenges](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) for an [industry](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) currently aiming to validate its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the use of personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has actually delivered fuel effectiveness improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks [increased sustainable](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) [fuel usage](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% [business jet](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image [transformation -](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, generally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a [considerable influence](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for renewable fuels now far [exceeds supply](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) and their interest might drive future production, [Sherbacow](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) at its California plant, could expand production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and experts are likewise seeing more interest from clients who desire to buy carbon credits to balance out emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet usage study his company just recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." ([Reporting](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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